UK NURSE LUCY LETBY FOUND GUILTY OF ATTEMPTING TO KILL ANOTHER PREMATURE BABY

Tue 02 July 2024:

Former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby has been found guilty of attempting to murder a premature baby named Baby K just two hours after her birth, according to British media reports on Tuesday.

This conviction follows a retrial at Manchester Crown Court, after her previous convictions last year for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others.

During the retrial, the prosecution detailed how Letby, 34, displaced Baby K’s breathing tube, a critical lifeline for the infant born at just 25 weeks gestation.

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Dr. Ravi Jayaram, a consultant pediatrician, testified that he saw Letby standing by the infant’s incubator, doing nothing as her blood oxygen levels plummeted.

An alarm that should have sounded remained silent, raising further suspicion. Despite the baby’s initial recovery, her breathing tube was displaced twice more that night.

The prosecution argued that Letby tried to make it appear as if the infant had displaced the tube herself.

Baby K was transferred to a specialist neonatal unit but died three days later.

Letby, who denied any intent to harm Baby K, claimed to have no recollection of the incident but maintained, “I know I did nothing to interfere.”

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This conviction adds to Letby’s existing sentences, which include 14 whole-life orders handed down last August.

Mr. Justice Goss of Manchester Crown Court described Letby as conducting a “cruel, calculated, and cynical campaign of child murder involving the smallest and most vulnerable of children,” noting a “deep malevolence bordering on sadism” in her actions.

The motivation behind her actions remains unclear.

During her original trial, the prosecution suggested that Letby derived pleasure from “playing God” and the subsequent drama of medical staff rushing to save the babies she attacked.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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